Alvise da Vilandino

Alvise da Vilandino (1441-1500) was a Venetian admiral.

Biography
A Venetian native, Alvise worked as a baggage handler for several year, until, convinced of Venice's superiority, he enlisted in the navy. In 1500, he was tasked with defending the fortress of Modon from the Turks. After a night of heavy drinking, Alvise awoke to Turkish cannon fire bombarding the town. Panicking while running across the deck, he tripped, hit his dead and drowned.

When it became clear Venice had lost the battle, he was accused of negligence by the ship's captain and erased from the logs of the navy.